Development Plans

The Gemini Data Processing Software suite aims to includes data reduction software for all
facility instruments. Currently, the publicly available software is the Gemini IRAF package which is organized mostly according to instruments.

As part of the effort to create a Quality Assessment Pipeline and a new platform for user data
reduction, we are developing more generic tools able to handle data from multiple instruments.
This direction will facilitate long-term maintenance, expedite the development of software for
new instruments, and offer a more uniform interface to the user.

The Recipe System, the new platform at the the center of both the QA Pipeline and the new
user software is implemented in Python. New tools are being written, and when needed, legacy
IRAF software can also be used transparently.

Already the Recipe System is being used internally every night by the QA Pipeline. We are
planning on making the platform available to the users once we have streamlined the
installation procedure.